diff --git a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/electra/epoch_processing/test_apply_pending_deposit.py b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/electra/epoch_processing/test_apply_pending_deposit.py
index ef40a030f..e564284c5 100644
--- a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/electra/epoch_processing/test_apply_pending_deposit.py
+++ b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/electra/epoch_processing/test_apply_pending_deposit.py
@@ -33,60 +33,7 @@ def test_apply_pending_deposit_add_validator_to_registry(spec, state):
 
 @with_electra_and_later
 @spec_state_test
-def test_apply_pending_deposit_not_withdrawable_epoch_while_exiting(spec, state):
-    amount = 100 
-    # validator exit epoch must be less than far future
-    state.validators[0].exit_epoch = spec.FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH - 1
-    state.validators[0].withdrawable_epoch = spec.FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH 
-  
-    deposit = spec.PendingDeposit(
-        pubkey=state.validators[0].pubkey,
-        withdrawal_credentials= state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials,
-        amount=amount,
-        slot=spec.GENESIS_SLOT,
-        )
-    assert spec.apply_pending_deposit(state,deposit) == False
-
-@with_electra_and_later
-@spec_state_test
-def test_apply_pending_deposit_not_withdrawable_epoch_at_current_epoch_while_exiting(spec, state):
-    amount = 100 
-    # validator exit epoch must be less than far future
-    state.validators[0].exit_epoch = spec.FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH - 1
-    state.validators[0].withdrawable_epoch = spec.get_current_epoch(state) 
-  
-    deposit = spec.PendingDeposit(
-        pubkey=state.validators[0].pubkey,
-        withdrawal_credentials= state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials,
-        amount=amount,
-        slot=spec.GENESIS_SLOT,
-        )
-    assert spec.apply_pending_deposit(state,deposit) == False
-
-@with_electra_and_later
-@spec_state_test
-def test_apply_pending_deposit_withdrawable_epoch_while_exiting(spec, state):
-    amount = 100 
-    state.slot = spec.SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * 2
-    # validator exit epoch must be less than far future
-    state.validators[0].exit_epoch = spec.FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH - 1
-    state.validators[0].withdrawable_epoch = 0
-  
-    deposit = spec.PendingDeposit(
-        pubkey=state.validators[0].pubkey,
-        withdrawal_credentials= state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials,
-        amount=amount,
-        slot=spec.GENESIS_SLOT,
-        )
-    # reset the balance 
-    state.balances[0] = 0
-    assert spec.apply_pending_deposit(state,deposit) == True
-    assert state.balances[0] == amount
-
-
-@with_electra_and_later
-@spec_state_test
-def test_apply_pending_deposit_withdrawable_epoch_while_exited(spec, state):
+def test_apply_pending_deposit_increases_balance(spec, state):
     amount = 100 
     state.validators[0].exit_epoch = spec.FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH
     # signature doesn't matter here as it's interpreted as a top-up
@@ -98,7 +45,8 @@ def test_apply_pending_deposit_withdrawable_epoch_while_exited(spec, state):
         )
     # reset the balance 
     state.balances[0] = 0
-    assert spec.apply_pending_deposit(state,deposit) == True
+    # run test
+    spec.apply_pending_deposit(state,deposit)
     assert state.balances[0] == amount
 
 
@@ -111,7 +59,41 @@ def test_apply_pending_deposit_switch_to_compounding(spec, state):
     index = 0
     withdrawal_credentials = spec.ETH1_ADDRESS_WITHDRAWAL_PREFIX + spec.hash(pubkeys[index])[1:]
     compounding_credentials = spec.COMPOUNDING_WITHDRAWAL_PREFIX + spec.hash(pubkeys[index])[1:]
+    state.slot = spec.SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * 2
     state.validators[index].withdrawal_credentials = withdrawal_credentials
+    # set validator to be exited by current epoch
+    state.validators[index].exit_epoch = spec.get_current_epoch(state) - 1
+    deposit_data = build_deposit_data(spec,
+                                          pubkeys[index],
+                                          privkeys[index],
+                                          amount,
+                                          compounding_credentials,
+                                          signed=True)
+    deposit = spec.PendingDeposit(
+        pubkey=pubkeys[index],
+        withdrawal_credentials= compounding_credentials,
+        amount=amount,
+        slot=spec.GENESIS_SLOT,
+        signature=deposit_data.signature,
+        )
+    state.balances[0] = 0
+    # run test
+    spec.apply_pending_deposit(state,deposit)
+    # validator balance should increase
+    assert state.balances[0] == amount
+    assert state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials == compounding_credentials
+
+@with_electra_and_later
+@spec_state_test
+def test_apply_pending_deposit_switch_to_compounding_while_validator_not_exited(spec, state):
+    amount = 100 
+
+    # choose a value public key that's in the validator set
+    index = 0
+    withdrawal_credentials = spec.ETH1_ADDRESS_WITHDRAWAL_PREFIX + spec.hash(pubkeys[index])[1:]
+    compounding_credentials = spec.COMPOUNDING_WITHDRAWAL_PREFIX + spec.hash(pubkeys[index])[1:]
+    state.validators[index].withdrawal_credentials = withdrawal_credentials
+    # set validator to not be exited
     state.validators[index].exit_epoch = spec.FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH
     deposit_data = build_deposit_data(spec,
                                           pubkeys[index],
@@ -127,8 +109,10 @@ def test_apply_pending_deposit_switch_to_compounding(spec, state):
         signature=deposit_data.signature,
         )
     state.balances[0] = 0
-    assert spec.apply_pending_deposit(state,deposit) == True
-    # validator count should increase by 1
+    # run test
+    spec.apply_pending_deposit(state,deposit)
+    # validator balance should increase
     assert state.balances[0] == amount
-    assert state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials == compounding_credentials
+    # make sure validator did not switch to compounding if not exited
+    assert state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials == withdrawal_credentials
     
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diff --git a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/electra/epoch_processing/test_process_pending_deposits.py b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/electra/epoch_processing/test_process_pending_deposits.py
index ecd33d0bb..6d27d2331 100644
--- a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/electra/epoch_processing/test_process_pending_deposits.py
+++ b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/electra/epoch_processing/test_process_pending_deposits.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_pending_deposit_eth1_bridge_not_applied(spec, state):
 
 @with_electra_and_later
 @spec_state_test
-def test_pending_deposit_deposit_not_finalized(spec, state):
+def test_pending_deposit_not_finalized(spec, state):
     amount = spec.MIN_ACTIVATION_BALANCE
     # set slot to something not finalized
     slot=spec.compute_start_slot_at_epoch(state.finalized_checkpoint.epoch+1)
@@ -75,6 +75,65 @@ def test_pending_deposit_deposit_not_finalized(spec, state):
     # deposit was postponed and not processed
     assert len(state.pending_deposits) == 1
 
+@with_electra_and_later
+@spec_state_test
+def test_pending_deposit_validator_withdrawn(spec, state):
+    amount = spec.MIN_ACTIVATION_BALANCE
+   
+    withdrawal_credentials = spec.ETH1_ADDRESS_WITHDRAWAL_PREFIX + spec.hash(state.validators[0].pubkey)[1:]
+    state.slot = spec.SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * 2
+    state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials = withdrawal_credentials
+    # set validator to be withdrawable by current epoch
+    state.validators[0].withdrawable_epoch = spec.get_current_epoch(state) - 1
+    state.pending_deposits.append(spec.PendingDeposit(
+        pubkey=state.validators[0].pubkey,
+        withdrawal_credentials=state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials,
+        amount=amount,
+        slot=spec.GENESIS_SLOT,
+    ))
+    # set deposit_requests_start_index to something low so that we skip the bridge validation
+    state.deposit_requests_start_index = 0
+    print("deposit indexes",state.eth1_deposit_index,state.deposit_requests_start_index)
+    # set deposit_balance_to_consume to some initial amount to see its removal later on in the test
+    state.deposit_balance_to_consume = amount
+    # reset balance for assert
+    state.balances[0] = 0
+    yield from run_process_pending_deposits(spec, state)
+    # deposit_balance_to_consume was reset to 0
+    assert state.deposit_balance_to_consume == 0
+    # deposit was processed
+    assert state.pending_deposits == []
+    # balance increases because of withdraw
+    assert state.balances[0] == amount
+
+@with_electra_and_later
+@spec_state_test
+def test_pending_deposit_validator_exiting_but_not_withdrawn(spec, state):
+    amount = spec.MIN_ACTIVATION_BALANCE
+   
+    withdrawal_credentials = spec.ETH1_ADDRESS_WITHDRAWAL_PREFIX + spec.hash(state.validators[0].pubkey)[1:]
+    state.slot = spec.SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * 2
+    state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials = withdrawal_credentials
+    # set validator to be withdrawable by current epoch
+    state.validators[0].exit_epoch = spec.get_current_epoch(state) - 1
+    state.validators[0].withdrawable_epoch = spec.FAR_FUTURE_EPOCH
+    state.pending_deposits.append(spec.PendingDeposit(
+        pubkey=state.validators[0].pubkey,
+        withdrawal_credentials=state.validators[0].withdrawal_credentials,
+        amount=amount,
+        slot=spec.GENESIS_SLOT,
+    ))
+    # set deposit_requests_start_index to something low so that we skip the bridge validation
+    state.deposit_requests_start_index = 0
+    print("deposit indexes",state.eth1_deposit_index,state.deposit_requests_start_index)
+    # set deposit_balance_to_consume to some initial amount to see its removal later on in the test
+    state.deposit_balance_to_consume = amount
+
+    yield from run_process_pending_deposits(spec, state)
+    # deposit_balance_to_consume was reset to 0
+    assert state.deposit_balance_to_consume == 0
+   # deposit was postponed and not processed
+    assert len(state.pending_deposits) == 1
 
 
 @with_electra_and_later